In the lead up to the first Rise of the
Machines workshop, I had 15 robot kits I needed to pre-print. However, I
was getting a little bit stressed because, for the life of me I couldn’t get
my heated build platform above 50°C. It was taking ages to heat up, and when
it got close to 50°C the power to the heated build platform (HPB) would cut
out, and refuse to switch on again.

It turns out that the thermistor measuring the temperature for the HPB had
dropped out a little, and wasn’t making good contact with the glass printing
surface. Bit of a repair job had that sorted out, but I still couldn’t get the
temperature much above 50°C. I was double checking the wiring of everything
when I accidentally brushed up against the large yellow fuse, it was way
hotter than the build platform! So a few moments later I had a cooling fan
blowing sweet breezes over my electronics and I was back in business, pumping
out little robot critters.

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